How-To Install Serious Sam : The First Encounter on Ubuntu 7.10
This tutorial will help you to install Serious Sam : The First Encounter on Ubuntu 7.10, not using the standard Wine way (which doesnt really work very well)
One - Downloading the custom installer
Firstly you need to go to
http://www.liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=71 and grab the Loki custom installer for Serious Sam. Download the file to your desktop either through bit-torrent or through a direct download (I used the direct download, so i dont know how many seeders the torrent has). Once you download the file, move it to your home directory if it isnt already there.
Two - Preparing for the installation
Now it is time to dig out your Serious Sam disk. Load it into your CD drive and mount it if it doesnt automatically. Then open up your terminal and type:
Code:
cd ~/
mv serious.sam.tfe_1.05beta3-english-2.run ssamInstall.run
chmod u+x ssamInstall.run
./ssamInstall.run
This should load up the Serious Sam installer. If it doesnt make sure you set the permissions correctly and try again.
Three - Installing the game
Once the installer has loaded it is a simple point and click interface. Remember where you install the game (A directory within your home directory is recommended (i used ~/bin/serioussam)), and make sure you tick the "Put symlink in Home directory box", to make things simpler later. The game should now be installed but dont run it just yet! Just one more thing to do.
Four - Creating launcher script
The final job is to create a simple bash script so you can launch sam just by typing serioussam into your terminal. For this you need to be able to use sudo so make sure you have sufficient privileges to use it. Once you are sure you can use sudo open your terminal and type:
Code:
cd /usr/bin
sudo gedit serioussam
Once gedit has opened type:
Code:
echo "Starting Serious Sam: The First Encounter"
cd /installdirectory/ssamtfe
./ssamtfe
Save the file and go back into your terminal and type:
Code:
chmod 777 serioussam
serioussam
Serious Sam : The First Encounter should now load and run.
**If there are any problems with the bash scripts above please tell me**
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